Baguio | Sun.Star Network Online

Aquino tagged in Baguio lot sale

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:36:02 +0000

8 women escape from disco bar

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:29:18 +0000

Engineered sanitary landfill okayed

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:36 +0000

Mayor: No trash transfer in Irisan dump

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:27:56 +0000

Aquino asked to stop SM Mall from cutting trees

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:26:59 +0000

COUNCILOR Edison Bilog filed a resolution requesting President Benigno Aquino III to reverse the decision of Environment Secretary Ramon Paje allowing the cutting down of 182 trees within SM mall chain’s property at Luneta Hill atop Session Road.

Retail giant SM earlier announced its intent to pursue further development within its property at Luneta Hill, which includes the cutting of trees within the area.

P30 million ready for Ifugao terraces rehab

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:25:36 +0000

Study: Sweet potato, healthy yet dangerous

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:24:14 +0000

Kalinga scores grand slam in baseball

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:21:29 +0000

Apayao starts prep for Caraa 2013

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:20:45 +0000

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Not even a last place finish will hinder Apayao from hosting the 2013 edition of the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (Caraa).

With the weeklong sporting spectacle of the region coming to a close, Apayao formally received the regional banner in hosting the annual event for student athletes from high school and elementary with close to 4,000 participating.

Cayading: Why is saving important?

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:16:25 +0000

Capili: Organizing real estate professionals

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:15:28 +0000

Luzano: Second floor a kalsada

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:14:17 +0000

Little hearts in the rain

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:11:59 +0000

Lessons learned on the job training

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:05:17 +0000

EVER since I started my on-the-job training, more commonly called “internship,” I have learned values that will help me build a brighter future.

I have learned to be more professional, to hone my skills, to develop camaraderie with my superiors and peers, and more importantly, to give my best in everything I do.

Every day is a challenge for me to stand out. But I always have a winning attitude through the guidance of the Lord, and always tell myself, “I’m gonna win this.”

Why financial literacy is a must

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:04:46 +0000

FINANCIAL literacy is a must in any entity. It is the possession of knowledge and understanding of financial matters. Financial literacy is mainly used in connection with personal finance matters. Do you know how to manage your finances? Why even you consistently work hard, yet you still stick to the level where you are for a long time? Maybe, you don’t know how to understand how your financial environment goes around.

Our unfriendly pedestrian lanes

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:04:09 +0000

IT’S already 8:30 in the morning again. I will be rushing to go to Metrobank for my OJT. Well, I don’t need to take a cab. I need to burn the fats to make me feel more beautiful than my supervisor. From my beloved school, University of Baguio, I have to cross Session road then Harrison road. Taking a walk via Mabini Street, I realized that it’s nice walking down the road feeling the great ambiance of the city.

Konting bato, konting semento para sa SPED Aklatan Monument

cherryhaya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:03:38 +0000

THIS is the rallying point of the Baguio Special Education Center Alumni Association, headed by its president Peter Rey Bautista and incumbent principal John Chan, as it calls on its graduates for a night of fundraising, fun and reminiscing on February 18, 4-6 p.m., at the University of Baguio Square Hall.

Founders, pioneer teachers and current faculty members are actively pooling their efforts to unite all those who have been part of this prestigious educational institution to help raise funds to build a permanent and state of the art library.

Irisan rehab slows down

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:23 +0000

Lawmaker climbs mountain for peace

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:24:51 +0000

BANGUED, Abra – To maintain peace in the province, Representative Teddy Baguilat headed the mountain climbing to resolve boundary disputes of two tribes.

Around 100 people from the municipalities of Tubo and Boliney in Abra trudged their way up in Mt. Poswoy on January 27 to conduct an ocular inspection of traditional boundaries now subject to a lingering dispute.

John Hay reinstates suspended workers

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:47 +0000

SUSPENDED employees who filed corruption complaints against John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) director and president Jamie Eloise Manzano-Agbayani were called back to work Wednesday.

Arthur Odsey, Benjamin Quinio Jr. and Melquiades Bada said they faced JHMC lawyers at Department of Labor and Employment in a mediation meeting Tuesday morning after a memo suspending them from work was given, stating all three were in breach of the JHMC Code of Discipline punishable by termination.

City endorses Outlook lot to museum

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22:58 +0000

THE City Government endorsed for the conversion of the sequestered property of a Marcos crony along Outlook Drive into a museum.

Mayor Mauricio Domogan announced the city’s endorsement of the request of the Mining Museum Foundation to convert the property owned by the late Marcos associate Jose Yao Campos into a Mining Heritage Museum.

Training on handling children in conflict with law cases held

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:10 +0000

SOME 55 members of the so-called pillars of the juvenile justice system in the region were recently trained by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the handling of children in conflict with the law (CICL).

Aiming to promote a multi-disciplinary approach in case management, representatives from the police, the Justice Department and local courts, local government units’ social workers and non-government organizations have been reoriented on the restorative justice for CICLs, rights of children, and the juvenile justice and welfare system in the Philippines.

Mayor seeks aggressive segregation

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:18:48 +0000

MAYOR Mauricio Domogan called for a more aggressive segregation stance in the barangays to enable the city to properly manage wastes in face of the closure of Irisan dumpsite for waste sorting and transfer.

In his Ugnayan Panlungsod media briefing, the mayor announced a directive to barangay officials to take to task residents who continue to defy the segregation policy by returning the unsegregated wastes to their owners.

Cops nab 3 logging groups

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:18:11 +0000

CAMP BADO Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet – Three groups of illegal loggers were caught in Itogon in a surprised police operation.

Joint operations of Benguet Provincial Police Office led by Superintendent Mario Mayames Jr; Benguet Provincial Public Safety Company led by Superintendent Lambert Suerte; and La Trinidad Municipal Police Station led by Inspector Vicente Tamid–ay conducted anti-illegal logging operations in Apalan, Itogon, Benguet last February 5.

Joint team submits plans for Banaue terraces rehab

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:17:24 +0000

THE PLANS for the restoration of the Banaue Rice Terraces of Batad are ready.

Agri department helps revive region’s coffee industry

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:16:43 +0000

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Cordillera is now moving to help revive the coffee industry in the region and in the country.

Being one of the top producers of quality coffee in the country, Cordillera needs to step forward and increase its production to meet the growing demands of the market.

University apologizes for carnival snafu

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:09:02 +0000

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Despite orders by Mayor Greg Abalos for closure, a gambling joint posing as a carnival continues to thrive.

The carnival is operating in the vicinity of Barangay Betag within the Marketing Area of the Benguet State University (BSU) set for 30 days starting February 15.

Abalos wrote BSU president Ben Ladilad on Monday asking him to close down the carnival operating without any permit.

On Wednesday, Abalos wrote BSU anew saying: “We advise your good office not to allow the operation of the carnival until a mayor’s permit is issued.”

Councilors ask legal office to answer Office of the President order

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:11 +0000

THE City Council on Monday asked the city legal office to take charge of the body’s comments and other needed actions relative to the barangay administrative case of Bakakeng Central barangay chief Helen Miranda now pending before the Office of the President (OP).

Cordilleran bags nat’l award for volunteerism

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0000

DOING service without expecting anything in return -- that is the very essence and intrinsic meaning of volunteerism.

The difficult situation of Cristina Segnaken-Aban’s family during her younger years pushed her to work hard, persevere and to source out for scholarship grants so she could finish a college degree. She learned from her mother at an early age to share food and comfort with people who are in need and to value giving service to them.

Baguio virtually clinches Caraa tilt

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:17 +0000

Lakays in tip top shape for One FC debut

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:01:11 +0000

DESPITE going down in weight, Team Lakay’s Honorio Banario will still be in tip top condition when he debuts in the One Fighting Championship (FC) in Jakarta, Indonesia together with fellow stable mate Geje Eustaquio.

A natural 155-pounder, Banario will be squaring off in the 145 division for the first time against the dangerous Korean Bae Yong Kwon in the One FC event to be staged tonight at The BritAma Arena in North Jakarta.

“He already made made the cut,” in a message by Banario’s teammate Eduard Folayang. “Hindi sya nahirapan sa pagkuha ng timbang.”

City BPOs organize joint fun run, recruitment fair, sports fest

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:31 +0000

THE largest Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies in Baguio City, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Convergys, Aegis PeopleSupport (Aegis), Sitel, and Noble Trends Unbound (NTU) have teamed up and signed a memorandum of partnership organizing their first-ever joint Fun Run, Recruitment Fair and Sports Fest in the city.

The Panagbenga Fun Run, which is open to the public as a calendared Flower Festival event, and the Recruitment Fair will be held at Camp John Hay at the area near the Filling Station on February 18 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Kennon global marathon launch set

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:59:48 +0000

THE ceremonial launching program to signal the forthcoming First Kennon Global Marathon Run set for this summer will be held at the Col. Lyman W. Kennon Monument beside the Zigzag view point on February 18.

This was announced early this week by June Ocampo, chairman of the forthcoming global marathon run who said that the historic footrace along the country’s most glorious mountain highway is primarily a tribute and dedicated to the administrators and multi-racial labor forces who painstakingly constructed the world famous Benguet Road later renamed Kennon Road.

Bautista: EL REY (The King)

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:57:15 +0000

Carino: How Swardspeak started, truli-ly

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:29 +0000

Cayading: Parents, give importance to your kid’s feeling!

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:54:32 +0000

Dumaguing: Fast facts about cervical cancer

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:53:45 +0000

Del Rosario: Christian leadership

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:47:02 +0000

Padilla: Donaire wins, para-gamer Ancheta scores, Kennon global run set

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000

Bennett: Session Café

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:39 +0000

Balweg: The Cartoon is not just a Cartoon

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:44:53 +0000

South Africa: The Rainbow Nation

cherryhaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:39:15 +0000

City answers Writ attacks

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:35:23 +0000

Benguet board unmoved by proposal on power firm separation

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:44 +0000

Mall consultation moved to Feb. 14

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:46 +0000

Councilors okay Panagbenga allocation

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:07 +0000

UP-Baguio calls for nominations for new chancellor

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:32 +0000

THE University of the Philippines (UP)-Baguio enters another phase of its history as it searches for its next chancellor who will serve for the next three years, after the term of the incumbent chancellor Dr. Priscilla Supnet-Macansantos ends on April 13.

The nomination process commenced on February 6 and will end February 17.

Any individual or group in the University may nominate candidates who possess the following qualifications:

1. Commitment to academic freedom and the values and ideals of the
University;

Pantawid Pamilya partners train on family development

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:00 +0000

MUNICIPAL partners of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region are currently being trained on the conduct of Family Development Sessions (FDS).

Held simultaneously in all provinces of the Cordillera, the activity aims to improve the capacities of partners from the local government units in implementing the FDS manual developed by the DSWD and its partners at the national level.

CAR’s Basilan police contingent welcomed back

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:25 +0000

Mining firm helps 3,000

dr_tangarorang — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:50 +0000